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in. Then L!aqwag'ila (I 2) asked | ^maxwa (II 1) to go to his 

 wife L laqwag' ilayugwa (II 2), who was |1 sitting on a board high up 45 

 in the rear of the bouse. He | went to her and sat down by her side. 

 His I crew sat down in the rear of the house. Wlien they were | all 

 seated, then the wliistles of the cannibal-dancer sounded again | 

 behind the mat-curtain in the left-hand corner || inside the house; 50 

 and the whistles of the fire-dancer | and the rich-woman dancer 

 sounded, and the shaman-dancer sang his sacred song. | Then 

 L laqwag' ila (I 2) arose and stepped to the place in front of the | fire 

 in the middle of the house. There he stood stiU. His tribe also | 

 did not move from the places where they were seated at the sides of 

 the house. || When the sound of the whistles stopped, l laqwag' ila 55 

 (I 2) spoke, I and said, "Now, listen to the supernatural power of 

 your wife, | son-in-law ^maxwa (II 1) ! Now you have obtained in 

 marriage the cannibal-dancer whom you have | heard, and his name, 

 Hamtse^stasElag'ilis, and the | hoxhok" cannibal head-mask, and 

 the raven head-mask, and the || crooked-beak head-mask, and the 60 

 gElogudzalis head-mask — there arc | four different kinds of head- 

 masks for the cannibal-dancer and also the neck-ring of | red cedar- 

 bark woven and mixed with white bark. The | name of the cedaf- 

 bark neck-ring is k'losEnxawa; and the head-ring has three | rings, 

 one on top of the other; and the wrist-ring goes || four times around 65 



^maxwa qa las he^nakiila laxes gEnEme Llaqwag'ilayugwaxs k!wa- 

 dziililaaxa Laele saokwa lax naqoLewalllasa g'okwe. Wii, hVlae 45 

 he-'nakiila laq, qa^s la kKvanodzElIlaq. Wa, hcEm^lawis ^wl^Ia 

 klils^alile k!wemase ogwiwalilasa g'okwe. Wa, g'iPEm^lawise 

 'wFla kliis-alllExs laa^lase edzaqwa hek' Iig'a^e mEdzesasa hama- 

 ts!a, lax axats !elTlasa yawapEinlllaxa le^wa^ye lax gEmxotsalllas 

 awiLElasa gokwe. Wa, hcEm^axaawise hek' !ale mEdzesasa nonl- 50 

 tse^stalale LE^wa q lamimlgase. Wii, la^'Iae heEmxat! yalaqlwa- 

 latsa paxsilalale. Wa, aEm^hlwise La^wile l !aqwag'ila lax obex'Lala- 

 lilasa laqawalilasa g'okwe sEldela. Wa, heEm^laxaawise gwaele g'o- 

 kiilotas k" lelis la yawi^nala laxes k !udzelase ^wax'sanegwilasa g-okwe. 

 Wa, he^latla la qlweHdeda . niEdzetsIsllaxs laa^l yaqlEg-a^le L!a- 55 

 qwag-ila. Wii, lii^ae ^nek'a: "Weg-a hoLelax ^nawalakwasos gEUE- 

 maqos, nEgump, ^max". LaEms gEg-adauEmaxes liios wuLax^aLE- 

 iaxa hamatsia LE^wis Legsme Iliimtse-'stasElag-llis, he^mises hox"- 

 hokwiwa^ye hamslwa^ya LE^wa gwaxwiwa^ye hamslwa^ya LE^wa 

 gElokwIwa^ye hiimslwa^ya LE^wa gElogudzalise hamslwa^ya. Wii, 60 

 mox^widiila heh&mslwa^yasa hamatslax. Wa, he^mis qEnxawe 

 L!agEx"sada kMit!aakwe ^mElmaqEla LlagEkwa. Wii, he^mis Le- 

 gEmsa qEnxawa^ye LliigElcwe k'losEnxawa. Wa, laxae yildux"- 

 tslaq leElx^Eu klwasaxEle qEx'Ima^yas LliigEkwa. Wii, liiLe 

 maemop lene^staLe qeqEX'tslaneLas x'llplEnak" Llilgskwa. Wa, 65 



